Egypt: Mother of Imprisoned Egyptian-British Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah At Risk of Death Amid Nine-Month-Long Hunger Strike

Egypt still refuses to release Alaa, despite increasing pressure by solidarity campaigns, international rights groups and the UK government.

The mother of Egyptian-British activist and writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, Laila Soueif, was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in the UK’s capital, London, in late May after her health severely deteriorated as a result of her prolonged hunger strike. Soueif started the hunger strike in September 2024 in protest of the arbitrary imprisonment of her son by Egyptian…